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Since the foundation of Rome no general had more nobly deserved a…

Quote byEdward Gibbon · 1737–1794

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776–1788), Chap. 11..

English (original)

Since the foundation of Rome no general had more nobly deserved a triumph than Aurelian.

— Edward Gibbon

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